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MAY 1, 2025OklahomaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Oklahoma. Senate passes new mental competency procedure
MAY 1, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Peyman Farahavar sentenced to death
Gilak dissident poet
MAY 1, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Ahmad Darikvand and Hamzeh Alizadeh executed in Khorramabad on May 1
MAY 1, 2025FloridaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Florida. Jeffrey Hutchinson, 62, White, was executed on May 1
15th execution of the year in US
MAY 1, 2025OhioDEATH PENALTYUSA - Ohio. Court overturns Nathaniel Jackson’s death sentence
APRIL 30, 2025NigeriaDEATH PENALTYNIGERIA: GOSPEL SINGER OSINACHI’S HUSBAND SENTENCED TO DEATH BY HANGING
Peter Nwachukwu, husband of late gospel singer Osinachi Nwachukwu, has been sentenced to death by hanging by the Federal Capital Territory High Court sitting in Wuse Zone 2, Abuja.
APRIL 30, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 4 men executed in Karaj (Ghezel Hesar) on April 30
APRIL 30, 2025Sri LankaDEATH PENALTYSRI LANKA: FIVE SENTENCED TO DEATH OVER 2012 YOUTH MURDER IN COLOMBO
The Colombo High Court on April 28, 2025 imposed the death penalty on five individuals for the brutal killing of a 21-year-old youth adjacent to a temple in Mattakkuliya in 2012.
APRIL 30, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Identified the other two executed in Karaj on April 30
APRIL 30, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 6 men executed in Mashhad on April 30
Abdolghafar Barahouei, Parviz Dastkaleh, Abdolsamad Gorgij, Javid Golbacheh, Mahdi Azizi + Unk
APRIL 30, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mohammad-Nabi Zirkari and Ali Kabi executed in Ahvaz on April 30
APRIL 30, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Moslem Darvishipour and Mohammad Salamat executed in Ahvaz on April 30
APRIL 30, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Houshang Abbasi executed in Tabriz on April 30
APRIL 30, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Three more people executed in Ghezel Hesar on April 30
Unidentified
APRIL 30, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mehdi Zeinali executed in Mashhad on April 30
APRIL 29, 2025Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: CITIZEN SENTENCED TO DEATH ON TERRORISM CHARGES
The Ministry of Interior in Saudi Arabia has issued an advisory informing citizens that a man has been sentenced to death on April 26, 2025.
APRIL 29, 2025KuwaitDEATH PENALTYKUWAIT: FIVE EXECUTED AS TWO CONVICTS WIN PARDON, ONE AWAITS FATE
The Correctional Facilities Sector at the Kuwait Ministry of Interior executed five individuals convicted of premeditated murder at the Central Prison on April 28, 2025.
APRIL 29, 2025North CarolinaDEATH PENALTYUSA - North Carolina. House committee approves HB 270 on death penalty
Reintroducing electric chair and firing squad
APRIL 29, 2025United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA - Guantanamo's Prosecutors will appeal the torture decision
although they lost a similar appeal this year
APRIL 28, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Abolfazl Kianpour Hanged in Ahvaz on April 28
APRIL 28, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 5 men 1 woman executed in Isfahan on April 28
Marjan Sabzi, Reza Khaledi, Naser Feyzi, Rouhollah Palangi, Mohammad Tootazehie, Abdolrashid Barahouei
- APRIL 28, 2025OklahomaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Oklahoma. House Passes SB 599: Death Penalty for First Child Rape Offense
- APRIL 28, 2025OklahomaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Oklahoma. House passes death penalty for first-time child rapists
APRIL 28, 2025Sri LankaDEATH PENALTYSRI LANKA: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING WOMAN, HIDING BODY IN TRAVEL BAG
The Colombo High Court on April 24, 2025 sentenced a man to death for the murder of a woman whose body was found concealed in a travel bag—an incident that sent shockwaves across the country back in 2015.
APRIL 28, 2025VietnamDEATH PENALTYVIETNAM: 9 SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR SMUGGLING 91 KG OF DRUGS FROM CAMBODIA
Nine individuals received death sentences on April 26, 2025 for their roles in a major drug trafficking ring, which smuggled 91 kilograms of drugs hidden inside air purifiers and motorbikes from Cambodia into Vietnam.
APRIL 27, 2025PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: CHRISTIAN IS SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR BLASPHEMY IN AFTER 'DESECRATING THE KORAN'
A Christian man in the eastern Pakistani town of Jaranwala on April 21, 2025 was sentenced to death after being accused of desecrating the Koran, the Muslim holy book.
APRIL 26, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Rostam Zeinaldini and Abdolsamad Shahbazi executed in Zahedan on April 26
APRIL 26, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Qader Samimi executed in Nishapur on April 26
APRIL 24, 2025AlabamaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Alabama. James Osgood, 55, White, was executed on April 24
Osgood volunteered
APRIL 24, 2025LouisianaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Louisiana. Jimmie Duncan’s conviction overturned
56, White